Est... Folle

Est... Folle
Studio album by
Brigitte Fontaine
Released1968
RecordedStudio Davout
GenreChanson
LabelSaravah
ProducerPierre Barouh
Brigitte Fontaine chronology
12 chansons d'avant le déluge
(1966) 		Est... Folle
(1968) 		Comme à la radio
(1969)

Est... Folle is the third album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine, released in 1968 on the Saravah label. Fontaine herself considers this to be her first real album. Jean-Claude Vannier was responsible for the arrangements.

Reception

The album received a 7.3 rating from Pitchfork, which described it as "playful and charming, even if it offers few hints at the curveballs ahead."[1] AllMusic gave it a four and a half rating.[2]

PopMatters assigned it a score of eight out of ten, remarking "Here, on the album’s final number, she just sounds enamoured by the whole process of simply singing."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
Pitchfork7.3/10
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Il pleut"Brigitte Fontaine - Jean-Claude Vannier2:32
2."Le Beau Cancer"Fontaine - Olivier Bloch-Lainé1:59
3."Il se passe des choses"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé3:34
4."Une fois mais pas deux"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé2:45
5."L'Homme objet"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé1:30
6."Éternelle"Fontaine - Alain Clavier2:23
7."Blanche Neige"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé3:30
8."Comme Rimbaud"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé1:53
9."Dommage que tu sois mort"Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé2:25
10."Je suis inadaptée"Fontaine - Vannier2:41
11."Cet enfant que je t'avais fait"Fontaine - Jacques Higelin4:25

References

  1. ^ Beta, Andy. "Brigitte Fontaine: Est...Folle / Comme à la Radio". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  2. ^ Est... Folle - Brigitte Fontaine | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-06-28
  3. ^ "Brigitte Fontaine: Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle". PopMatters. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2025-06-28.


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